Wow, so the MAX7 isn't planned to be coming till Q3 of 2025? I wonder what the ramifications would be if it delays yet another year? I wonder if Southwest would just exercise more MAX8's? I assume WN will accept every MAX8 (or MAX7) Boeing can deliver. They have been shorted many planes each year b...
Jump to postWait, the new A gates are at ground level? Why? Who's bright bureaucratic idea was that? It was Frontier Airlines's idea. Nothing bureaucratic (or particularly bright) about it. But these were built for United Express use couple years ago. When I heard if F9s 'new' A gates, I thought they were actu...
Jump to postAirbus Deliveries for Feb 2024: 49
A220-300: 6
A320neo: 18
A321neo: 21
A330-900: 2
A350-900: 1
A350-1000: 1
From: https://www.airbus.com/sites/g/files/jl ... b0408.xlsx
I found the Airbus site: https://www.airbus.com/en/products-serv ... deliveries
Airbus Deliveries for Jan 2024: 30
A220-300: 2
A320neo: 13
A321neo: 13
A330-900: 2
Boeing Deliveries Feb 2024: 27
737MAX: 17
737NG/P-8A: 1
767: 2 (1 F, 1 Tanker)
787: 7 (-9)
Boeing Deliveries Jan 2024: 27
737MAX: 25
767: 1 (767-2C)
787: 1 (-9)
Data from: https://www.boeing.com/company/about-bc ... deliveries
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/texas-man-boards-delta-flight-using-photo-another-passengers-ticket-rcna144408# Says they used a picture of a minor traveling alone (an actual official unaccompanied minor?) boarding pass. He hid in the bathroom for awhile and the plane was taxiing before the cre...
Jump to postBlancolirio had a good video - he is a 777 driver.
https://youtu.be/rN256wwVwrs?si=F_IuD9maihQ6Nzfy
He covers flap settings and why the gear doors are open and that the gear tilt system is dead.
I got the email from Southwest at 10:15 this morning for our flight tomorrow. We rebooked to go out tonight. My wife got delayed all day due to the "snow squall" 2 weeks ago and wanted no part of a repeat. Good plan. DIA (aka KDEN) is in the lighter part of the storm forecast (8 inches vs...
Jump to postOn thing I find curious is the near total disappearance of domestic wide body aircraft. 737 (and A320) are cheaper to run. A DC-10 kills a 727 on cost per seat mile, but MAX/NEO are cheaper than a wide body. And cheaper to buy, maintain, and turn faster. Pilots cost more on narrow body. UA’s websit...
Jump to postAccident: United B38M at Houston on Mar 8th 2024, runway excursion and main gear collapse
https://avherald.com/h?article=515e3618&opt=0
There are a couple of photos there showing the plane listing.
At one time (2021) United was getting: New: A14-A25 Used: A26, A27, A28, A29, A30, A31, A32, A34, A36, A38, and A40 The original plan was on page 16 of this document. A42 was to go to Alaska and A44 and A46 were to go to Spirit, which will likely just be common use city gates now. These gates are a...
Jump to postSo F9 has 9 jetbridge gates that will become available. Any idea how many will go to UA? AS gets one, and then the city will probably get a few for F9/WN international arrivals, future airlines (ex. TK), and perhaps Delta (who has used city gates for redeye and morning departures). At one time (202...
Jump to postPeople reacts to new Southwest seats: Southwest Airlines’ New Seat Design for 2025 Sparks Outrage: ‘We Are Getting Lawn Chairs’ TikTok users compared the update to “Ozempic seats” and “slates of granite” on a post shared by the airline in February https://people.com/southwest-airlines-new-seat-desig...
Jump to postHow far does the E175 go? DEN-ILM is over 1500mi (statue miles).
According to a simpleflying article UAX has only one route longer than 1500mi. ( https://simpleflying.com/longest-embrae ... uary-2024/ ).
Interesting that in the press release, the Embraer CEO was quoted as saying "the E175 was upgraded with a series of modifications that improved fuel burn by 6.5%." So which is it? Was the E1 upgraded with these modifications? If not, why mention the E2 if the order is for the E1? This imp...
Jump to postPueblo is twice the size of the others. Close to COS and 1.5 hours from DEN. Growth has been low in PUB compared to the rest of the Front Range - so it should be awhile before being run off by development. ROW is centrally located - 3 hours from ABQ, ELP, AMA, MAF and just 2 hours to the nearest int...
Jump to postHere is the patent: https://patentimages.storage.googleapis ... 8074A1.pdf
It is patent US20230348074A1 .
https://patents.google.com/?inventor=Al ... ianu-Badea
No reports on a 777x TIA.
The 737-10 got its TIA last November and that was reported to the press.
D L X wrote:https://www.instagram.com/reel/C3kiwrvIS5U/?hl=en
I hear several impacts. Maybe a tail strike, the ILS antenna array, and some trees?
The production quality issues has no impact on certification campaigns. If the FAA have done their homework by now they would certainly beg to differ... and if they don't, EASA certainly will. Typically the production certificate would cover quality issues. You have to have a quality organization, ...
Jump to postflipdewaf wrote:PepeTheFrog wrote:flipdewaf wrote:
Why?
Fred
Boeing owns a lot of wasteland around the South Carolina plant. Building a new airplane there would make a lot of sense, and would be far away from the unions.
Why to be far away from the unions?
Fred
The MAX7 is removed from its 2024 plans, it isn’t removed completely. However correct me if I am wrong but if it doesn’t get certified this year, won’t it need a new type rating for EICAS? Isn’t boeing building the MAX7 at risk now? If so, even if certification is delayed, wouldn't WN be getting a ...
Jump to postIs there impetus for Boeing the certify the 73M7? I guess this size of plane is probably more pertinent in the USA than other markets. I would have thought the 73M10 to be much more important at this stage of testing/certification. Cheers The -7 is supposed to be easy to certify under the -8 and -9...
Jump to postWN needs to plan on an all Max 8 deliveries for awhile.
If Boeing and the FAA can’t agree on an AD for inspecting 4 lock bolts and double checking mounting hardware - I don’t see any way the -7 MAX is getting certified in 2024.
Hopefully I will be surprised.
They should go for it with a 6 abreast plane. Aim for the 737-10 and -8. Those are good spots in the fight against Airbus. Pre-pandemic this would have been a terrible idea, but now Airbus is limited in production capacity and Boeing is wounded - even if they fully recover they have mounds of debt t...
Jump to postI think it’s fair. Wouldn’t be surprised if EIS for MAX 10 is 2026. If I was UA I would assume it’s never going to happen and plan on MAX 9s and A321N. When the -10 is certified, then revisit changing -9 orders into -10. WN has to be frustrated with -7 too. I assume delivery dates and prices for A32...
Jump to postTrains are broken yet again. https://www.9news.com/article/travel/denver-international-airport/denver-airport-trains-delays-dia/73-c45ebc87-524b-4d74-9536-258a81c07491 Technical issues slow departure of DIA trains to the gates Denver International Airport said the trains to the gates are running in...
Jump to postIt has been a bit over 4 years since the MAX 10 rollout and we will hit 3rd anniversary of first flight in June.
Rollout- 22NOV2019
First Flight - 18JUN2021
Hopefully this is the year for certification, but I wouldn’t bet on it.
Looks like around 12 units have been built and at least 4 have flown.
Coming up on the 6th anniversary of 737-7 MAX rollout (06FEB2018) and first flight (16MAR2018).
Hopefully this will be the year for certification.
Coming up on the 6th anniversary of 737-7 MAX rollout (06FEB2018) and first flight (16MAR2018).
Hopefully this will be the year for certification.
This has become ridiculous. Either the bolted-securement door design meets certification criteria or it doesn't. And if it doesn’t, then what changed between the 39M and 9ER? Otherwise, 9ER should also be grounded. If the concern is such that you can’t justify grounding the 9ER fleet, then you shou...
Jump to postWN is doing better than UA at DEN today (unlike yesterday) May have been a ‘meltdown’ yesterday, but just a bad day in Denver today - presumably a hangover from yesterday . -19F this morning, which is awfully cold for Denver. CXLD: 79 United 32 Southwest 15 SkyWest 6 CommuteAir 3 American Airlines 3...
Jump to postDEN stats today from FlightAware as of 4p MT
https://www.flightaware.com/live/cancelled/today/KDEN
CXLD: 206 WN, 83 UA, 29 SkyWest, 14 Commutair, 10 Mesa, 7 F9, 4 AA, 3 AS, 2 G4
From https://www.boeing.com/commercial/#/orders-deliveries , which says data thru 12/31/2023. Boeing December 2023 Deliveries: 67 737MAX: 44 737NG/P-8A: 1 767: 7 (3 F, 4 KC-46) 777F: 4 787: 11 (8 -9, 3 -10) Totals for 2023: 528 737MAX: 387 737NG/P-8A: 9 747-8F: 1 767: 32 (18 F, 14 KC-46) 777F: 26 78...
Jump to postWas DIA actually meant to have an IATA DIA when it was being constructed to distinguish from DEN (Stapleton)? Curious why they just transferred DEN. DIA seems to have gone to the old Doha airport around 2014. No. DIA was meant to replace Stapleton with no overlap and the DEN code was intended to tr...
Jump to postWhen the DC-10 crashed at ORD, five years later, they were grounded. Even though the cause was determined to me the maintenance practice of American Airlines. I always felt it was overkill, but the FAA were not going to be caught with their pants down again. The reason for the extended grounding wa...
Jump to postI asked this on another thread too. How do they know how to inspect this door plug for safety if they don't know why it happened? They don’t. But it is not a complicated device and has been flying for years. Check the fasteners. Look at the brackets. Look for signs of leaks (easier when everyone sm...
Jump to postI see WN using LGB for growth since they are limited at LAX by gates and SNA by slots.
It will be interesting to see if WN LGB flight counts are affected by the opening of Terminal 0.
I've seen a lot of posts that seem to argue that the pilots of the Japan CG plane could accidently end up on the runway not having received clearance to do so (and not thinking they had clearance.) To the pilots here, wouldn't they be staring down a runway with center lights, etc. or would this loo...
Jump to postDidn't mean this thread to get so morbid, Sounds like he was intact if they were doing CPR and administrating Narcan. Seems like this guy lost it, we may never know why. Feel for his family. the shock and grief they are feeling right now! Where did you see they administered Narcan. That’s not menti...
Jump to postWhat’s the difference between 41 Permanent Air Carrier flight slots and 17 Supplemental Air Carrier flight slots at LGB?
Jump to postThe first of the new train cars showed up. https://www.denverpost.com/2023/12/21/denver-international-airport-new-train-cars/amp/ 26 arriving in the next year. 31 cars in current fleet - 41 after these arrive, since the 16 oldest cars are 29 years old and they will be replaced. The news cars are pla...
Jump to postAccording to Flightaware24, WN took delivery of aircraft N8906K, another Max8 today which now it is in PHX. With this delivery, what is the new WN aircraft totals now? They seem to be taking a TON of Max8's lately..... Seems like they have about maybe 840 aircraft now?? That is a LOT of 737's!!! 39...
Jump to postBoeing November 2023 Deliveries: 56
737MAX: 45
737NG/P-8A: 1
767: 2 (1 F, 1 KC-46)
777F: 2
787: 6 (1 -8, 4 -9, 1 -10)
YTD: 461
737MAX: 343
737NG/P-8A: 8
767: 25 (15 F, 10 KC-46)
777F: 22
787: 62 (10 -8, 32 -9, 20 -10)
WN was only gained 44 planes net in 2023 - about 5%. 2024 is looking similar.
So don’t expect a huge expansion in flying, and actually probably flat until the MAX7 EIS (guess in October, if Boeing can deliver in April).
Why wasn't the original crew from the original flight legal to fly again after spending the night there? Presumably they would be legal after their 10 hours of rest, unless they hit a weekly or monthly limit or something else. If they got whisked away to the last hotel rooms in town and turned off ...
Jump to postFrom the news “ Delta told CBS News that "crew duty times" were impacted by the weather and runway conditions at the airport, and that the airport had to "suspend operations." https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/passengers-stuck-canada-flight-diverted-delta-goose-bay/ The NBC articl...
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